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Instructions:
Complete the following notes with your assigned article. Be sure to include quotes with page
references. Your instructor may let you use this for the class discussion over the material.
Title of Article: __The Partisan Component to the
Incumbency Advantage: 1956-1996 Author:
BRAD LOCKERB
Question
Student Response
What was the major
research question(s)
explored in this article?
Is there a partisan component to the incumbency advantage?
Whether there is a subset of congressional incumbents that are especially
advantaged by incumbency?
Specifically, are Democrats or Republicans more advantaged by running as
incumbents?
Should we expect one party to be better positioned than another to make use
of the incumbency advantage in this era of the candidate-centered campaign?
How much movement in the probability of voting for a party does having a
known candidate on the ballot engender?
Summary of previous
studies mentioned in this
selected reading:
In Fiorina’s 1996 study it was found there should be no difference between
Republicans and Democrats in terms of the incumbency advantage. Another
study proposed that House occupants started winning larger shares of the vote
as they de-emphasized bias and bragged about earning goods for areas and
individual voters. P5
Also in 1996 according to Firorina, it was found voters select divided
government to balance the extreme of both parties P4
Jacbson (1990) finds the citizens favor Republican presidential candidates and
Democratic House candidates. Because Republicans provide economic
efficiency and Democrats help those struggling under the economic system.
As President pursues nation interests and Congress looks out for individual
areas P4 and P5
Zupan (1989) as cited in Jacobson (1990) also found the incumbency
advantages should be a disproportionately Democratic advantage in the House
of Representatives P4
All of these studies were apart of the American National Elective studies of
1956-1996 which basically talked about difference and Democrats based on
incumbency and any bias in each year
Hypotheses/Main argument
of this reading:
Hypotheses: That the Democratic would do a finer job providing services to
the citizens and have more advantages than Republicans
Main argument: Democratic party exceeds the Republicans when listening to
the concerns of the people/voters
What data was used to
examine the research
question and test the
theoretical propositions?
(Table 1 ) To test if incumbency advantage was one sided between both
political parties the article makes use of American National Election studies
from 1956 to 1996 to dissect the voting behavior at the individual level is
influenced by incumbency.
Table 2 displays the chance of voting Republican under three various values
of incumbency: Democratic, open seat, and Republican. To test to see the
Republicans incumbency advantages in the House and if it's greater than
Democrats or is it even
Table 3 using different percentages about voters who received from their
member of congress, who contacted their member of Congress, those who
were satisfied with the response from the member of Congress, and finally
those who thought their member of Congress would be helpful with an issue
in the future
All of these for the sole purpose of backing the main argument and see if the
hypothesis is accurate. To understand the incumbency between both political
parties from 1956 to 1996 and if there are any clear patterns or anything that
is distinct to the eye.
What are the major findings
of the reading?
Major finding was that there was no difference between the two political
parties' ability to benefit from incumbency, The House incumbents from both
parties provided specific support necessary for keeping their seats. Contrary
to what voters believe, Republican incumbents actually manage issues better
than Democratic ones. The policy-balancing model put out by Fiorina
receives indirect support from the discovery that the incumbency advantage
lacks any party foundation. Neither party seemed to be more capable than the
other to gain from responsiveness in terms of either service or policy.
All from P
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